databaseexportusingformula statement

databaseexportusingformula

TEXTFILE

FORMAT

FORMULA

TITLES

ENCODING

The databaseexportusingformula statement exports selected records in the current database to a text file, using a formula.

Parameters

This statement has five parameters:

textfile – path and name of text file.

format – format to export in. This must be either CR, LF, CRLF, or HTML. If left blank, LF is the default.

formula – formula to be used to arrange the export. This formula must be quoted. If the format is HTML then this is actually a template and not just a formula, see the HTMLDataTable statement for details about the template format.

titles – optional title line to be included as a prefix to the export.

encoding – optional encoding for the export. If "" (or omitted entirely) the encoding defaults to UTF-8. See the texttobinary( function for a list of available encodings.

Description

This statement exports selected records in the current database in a custom format to a text file. Here is an example that exports the selected records to a file named Mailing List.txt.

databaseexportusingformula "~/Dropbox/MailingList.txt","LF",
    |||FirstName+" "+LastName+tab()+Address+tab()+upper(City)+", "+State+" "+Zip|||,
    "Name"+tab()+"Address"

Note: This statement is used by the Text Export wizard when recording exports.

See Also

csvexportline( -- generates a comma delimited line of data containing all the fields in the current record.
csvexportlinevisiblecells( -- generates a comma delimited line of data containing all the visible (non hidden) fields in the current record.
csvquoted( -- adds quotes if necessary for CSV text (RFC 4180).
databaseexportcsv -- exports selected records in the current database in CSV format (comma separated) to a text file.
databaseexporttsv -- exports selected records in the current database in TSV format (tab separated) to a text file.
downloadpartialdatabase -- downloads specified components of the current database from the server. The current database must be shared.
export -- exports the selected rows in the current database into a text file.
HTML Export -- custom exports into an HTML file.
savepartialdatabase -- saves specified components of the current database, leaving other components out.
Text Export -- exporting a database into a text or HTML file.
Text Export Wizard -- custom exports into a text or HTML file.
tsvtocsv( -- converts tab separated text into comma separated text.
tsvtojson( -- converts tab separated text into JSON formatted text.

History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	New	New in this version.